[Sca-cooks] Dutch Food

[Dan Phelps]

Was asked:

> Need some help...  I'm trying to get together some info for a friend on
> Dutch cooking.  So far I have 4 potential sources:
>
> "Een vijftiende eeuws Zuid Nederlands kookboek", 1473,
>
> A manuscript, a collection of recipes from Gent, has no name and is
> estimated to have been written between 1490 and 1525.
>
> "Een notabel boexcken van cokeryen" by Thomas van der Noot, printed in
> 1510
>
> "Eenen N yeuwen coock boeck" by Willem Vorsterman, printed in 1560.
>
> Are any of these manuscripts available translated/untranslated, online
> or in a book modern enough to be in a library?
>
> I'm happy to do some digging but I might be re-inventing the wheel here
> and someone might already know a heap about this topic...
>
Peter Rose has a book out regards the subject IIRC the title is "The
Sensible Cook".  I've a copy but all my books are in storage in a different
town. The source for the recipes cited is on the16th/17th  century cusp.

Daniel Raoul